U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico

Transborder
freight data is useful in monitoring the value and modal patterns of trade
with Canada and Mexico, our North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
partners. Canada is our largest trading partner, and Mexico ranks third.
Surface modes include not only truck, rail, and pipeline, but also mail and
other miscellaneous modes not shown here.

U.S. - Canada Trade

May-11

May-12

Truck (billions of dollars)

28.58

30.73

Percent
change from same month previous year

12.1

7.5

Rail
(billions of dollars)

8.32

8.19

Percent
change from same month previous year

13.1

-1.6

Pipeline
(billions of dollars)

6.78

5.86

Percent
change from same month previous year

30.5

-13.5

U.S. - Mexico Trade

May-11

May-12

Truck (billions of dollars)

24.85

29.09

Percent
change from same month previous year

14.9

17.1

Rail
(billions of dollars)

4.91

5.21

Percent
change from same month previous year

19.3

6.1

Pipeline
(billions of dollars)

0.34

0.30

Percent
change from same month previous year

370.1

-12.3

NOTE: The current value is compared to the
value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation,
Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, TransBorder
Freight Data,
available at http://www.bts.gov/ntda/tbscd/prod.html as of August 2012.